Classical School vs Positivist school

Question 1

Which school are the causes of criminal behaviour not within the criminals control?

Answer 1

Positivists school

Question 2

This school believes that offenders are rational actors

Answer 2

Classical School

Question 3

Which school believes that the theory of deterrence works? Another way to phrase this is offenders are scared to commit crimes due to punishments

Answer 3

Classical

Question 4

Which school believes that the only way we can lower crime is by attacking the root causes?

Answer 4

Positivist school

Question 5

Offenders are influenced government control and or regulation (think deterrence)

Answer 5

Classical

Question 6

Which school believes that offenders are not influenced by government control?

Answer 6

Positivist school

Question 7

Deviant behaviour is caused by environmental factors (ex media, childhood up brining, poverty etc)

Answer 7

Positivist school

Question 8

This school believes that a person will commit a crime if the pleasure they receive outweighs the punishment they will receive for committing the crime?

Answer 8

Classical

Question 9

Which school believes that crime can be stopped by

• Therapies tailored to the individual
• segregating deviants
• elimination (eugenics)

Answer 9

Positivist

Question 10

Which school takes in the rights of free will as well as societies rights?

Answer 10

Classical

Question 11

Which school supports scientific solutions to future criminal activity?

Answer 11

Positivist

Question 12

This school believes that all people including children have the ability to reason/justify thief behaviour.

Answer 12

Classical

Question 13

Cesar Lombrosso was the main thinker of this school

Answer 13

Positivist

Question 14

Which 2 thinkers were the main thinkers of the classical school?

Answer 14

Cesar Beccaria

Jeramy Benthan

Question 15

Who designed the panopticon prison?

Answer 15

Jermay Benthan

- believed that prisons should be in the city so people could see the outcome of committing crime

Question 16

How did Cesar Beccaria believe people should be treated in the justice system?

Answer 16

Everyone should have equal rights and treatment including rights a lawyer and equal prosecution, everyone is innocent to

Question 17

The main differences between Classical and Positivists schools is?

Answer 17

Positivists focuses more on the self and science based practices while
Classical focuses on the environment and more on theories, Classical is the older school

Question 18

What are the 5 ideas of the classical school

Answer 18

1. People are hedonistic (seek pleasure avoid pain)
2. People have free will (people chose to commit crimes)
3. Each person gives up some of their hedonistic pleasure to partake in the social order of society (natural law)
4. Being a good citizen is more rewarding than being a criminal
5. The main goal in life is not to achieve salvation (deliverance from sin and its consequence) but rather to reach the utilitarian.